Personnel Chief Anticipates Drop in At-Sea Gaps as Navy Meets Recruiting Goals
Heather Mongilio
April 10, 2025 6:24 PM
The head of the Navy personnel expects that gaps at sea will drop by 2,000 by the end of the fiscal year, he told a Senate Armed Services Committee subcommittee.
Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Richard Cheeseman, who will retire this summer, testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee personnel subcommittee, along with his counterparts in the other services, discussing the successes in recruiting for the current fiscal year and ongoing challenges to meet a 100 percent fill rate.
The Navy met its recruiting goals in Fiscal Year 2024, after failing to do so the past two fiscal years, and is set to exceed its goals this year. The service anticipates it will send shy of 44,000 sailors to boot camp by the end of the fiscal year, more than its 40,600 goal, Cheeseman said.
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